Since then I’d peruse any and all blue sweaters in every thrift store I entered, as well as occasionally google it to see if I’d get any hits. I finally found it listed on Mercari, and even better, in a size closer to wha to wear than the OG! Now it’s mine! I must’ve finally atoned to the thrift gods for my faux pas

On her way driving back home somebody was throwing out a chair. So she picked that up as well. Sent me a picture. I drove over there and 30 minutes later it was in my SUV on its way to my house! I loved it so much she gifted it to me. It is absolutely fabulous. I love it so much. It was missing one button so I just reconfigured. It's a little bit more pink than the color it shows in the pictures.

ETA: I got this at the Lighthouse Thrift in Lake City. They are the nicest and very ethical, it's all volunteers and the profit goes to their soup kitchen 🥺.

I'm sure they sold it at that price since they couldn't authenticate it. They knew who she was!! I felt the photo and you can feel a difference in texture where the signature is!! Real or not, I love it and I love Dolly!!!

Best of luck to all of you on your thrifting journeys!!! May the kindness of Dolly be with you.

Drove round trip 9.5hrs and 680 miles to get him. 7ft tall, handmade, made of steel & rebar. Roughly 400-500 pounds. Will be going in the front yard and repainted

We believe it was made in 1883. No idea what it's worth, but man it's cool! Weighs over a ton and even has a bullet hole in the side of it. I wish we knew more about the background of this. Can't find anything online that's similar. Figured this group would appreciate this unique find though!

One weekend, Grandpa asked if I could pop over to Arthur’s house and help to sort his things, and I found a small box of items that belonged to Arthur’s sister, whom he was extremely close with until she passed away years before.

The box had all sorts of gorgeous things in it, and I decided to collect up all of the little round pieces and make them into a piece of art! Most of these small round things were buttons, but there were a handful of other things like badges, pins, coins, and even a mini compass!

I loved how it turned out, and even though I had never met Arthur’s sister, I felt honoured to commemorate her in this way 🥰

Sadly, I have no idea where this has gone now as I moved out of my parents’ place and couldn’t find it, but I’m glad I managed to get a photo!

When I got home and did some research it is a Ralph Lauren Asian Koi Fish porcelain blue and white table lamp 😳❤️.

Edited: thank you all for the amazing comments and loving it like I do. I will be adding a few more posts as I have found other lamps and other fun things. This was my first post.

A fellow member of this group noticed I didn't have a pair for Christmas, and wanted to gift me the pair she had!!! Well here they are!!!

She bought it as a funny Christmas gift for her husband. The artist is a student we both know. I told her that if he ever stopped appreciating it’s uniqueness, I wanted it. Several years ago, we met for lunch, and she presented me with a box. I instantly knew what it was. “A Pear of Manly Legs” is now mine and graces my office with his presence. No banana so a plastic fork for scale

On my lunch break, killing time, preparing to walk into a local hospital to meet with a few Executives, but if they only knew this is what I was doing beforehand . I clean up real nicely when I need to, but you might be a redneck if

I know nothing about this lamp besides that i love it. his beak was repaired at one time but he’s still perfect!

ETA:
1. Our first thought was also DND. My husband DMs a weekly game here at the house. But storing it would be a challenge.
2. It's in Tacoma, WA in the Goodwill on 6th.
3. I think it would have probably just about fit in the front seat of my mini van, so probably not big enough for a cat, but a squirrel could have a blast!

If you know his art, this lamp will feel familiar. I feel like this hat-lamp was made for me, another customer pointed it out to me after I complimented the item she had in her hand. I was speechless for a second and honestly couldn’t believe she wasn’t taking it home for herself. I asked if she was going to purchase it and she said it didn’t match her asthetic. I have never been so glad to not have one, and for $10 you best believe I couldn’t get it in the car fast enough. Thrifted in Middle Tennessee

So $100 later and a random adventure across town she now has a mushroom stand (she’s already started painting it to her own liking).

To restore it and to bring it back to life would be months and months of work and $500 (I am not questioning his honesty he truly loves his job). I am very tempted to do it.

EDIT: thank you so much for your suggestions. I will get few second opinions. It is not the price that scares me but the time it takes. He couldn't even say how many months (he said months and months maybe even longer). I do not want to part with it for a year or so. I want it back. If I get the same answer form the others, I will not do it. I will clean it gently and proudly keep as it is.

I thrifted her from the local Goodwill for $50! We've got plenty of time before I get a grand kid (probably 3 years at least lol) I have been picking up little toys here and there that i find a yard sales and thrifts for years, and now we have a cool place to put them!

Love cribbage it’s sad so many people don’t know the game but it is a fun game I play it now against the computer.

Edit-my fiancé cannot believe I didn’t get it and I’m pretty sad I left it. I’m going to get it tomorrow if someone hasn’t already.
Final edit: I went as soon as they opened this morning. It was purchased at Blue Bird Circle in Houston, TX. Idk about the artist yet, but the frame job was done by Frame City & Art Gallery in Metairie, LA. It’s very heavy and I’m so glad I went back for it.

I also bought the drawing of the cat with its head stuck in a lemon for $5 because I loved it. Picture in the comments.

If I find out more info about either artist, I’ll post it in the comments. Thank y’all for being a terrible influence on my “strict” $20 thrifting budget!

My grandmother was an artist and she painted this for my mum around 1955. On the back she wrote that she had copied the image from an artist I couldn't make out. After a quick Google search, I learned it was an artist named Huldah.

I love that my grandma put this kind of effort into a gift for her daughter. I couldn't let her go into the donation pile, so I brought her home and she's going to hang in my daughter's room once we get her reframed.

The first picture is my grandma's version of the painting, the second is the original. I know I'm biased, but I like my grandma's version better! 😍 It's oil paint so the canvas is textured, and the colours are so vibrant it looks like her dress is moving. Hopefully this brightens your day as much as it has mine!

She's the cutest, and if the original owner ever comes looking for her of course she'll be returned safe and sound, but today she's sticking with me for the rest of my shift